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Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView

#two4tuesday

1. 100% I do
2. Tagged

@BethM @JenReadsAlot @peaKnit

I think I need to get out more! My score was 34/108 and I was pretty generous with the definitions. Things on the list that I‘d like to do:
1. Attend a murder mystery dinner
2. Celebrate New Years Eve in another country
3. Pamper night
Link to survey: https://www.listchallenges.com/new-years-eve-bucket-list
#TLT

Since I signed up for a Halloween swap, I think I should actually post about books I‘ve read the last 2 months. I like Adams‘ Secret Book & Scone Society series, so I knew this would be a fun cozy mystery to listen to. Set at a book-themed resort, with a secret library, interesting characters, & murder. Will continue the series on audio.

#AboutABook

Storyton Hall is a hotel/resort for book lovers so I‘m going to say that the Book Retreat cozy mystery series is #SetInHotel 🏨 I‘ve just read the first two so far.

My current cozy read 😊

#WithMystery 🔍

#AboutABook… 📖📚📒📕📘📗📙📓

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

Bracket courtesy of @CSeydel 😁
I loved the bracket so much I had to use it!

I‘ve read both of my February #ReadOrDonate books. Two more spaces cleared on my shelves.

That‘s a wrap on #WickedWords for February. 💙

Just like @DebinHawaii this is a soft pick for me. I‘m hoping I‘ll enjoy book 2 more. Books 1 & 2 have been on my TBR for years. I 💙 Adams‘ Secret, Book & Scone Society series. This ebook completed several challenges for me this month.
#BookSpinBingo #ReadOrDonate #readyourebooks #readyournook #readyourTBR #Roll100 #SeriesLove2024

#ReadAway2024 #SeriesLove2024

A soft pick for me. I don‘t know that I will like this series as much as the author‘s Secret, Book & Scone Society-I feel like that one is grittier & feels more real & this one has a family secret that requires suspending disbelief a bit more than I like. On the plus side who doesn‘t like a storybook resort & lots of book references. As Book 2 is my pick for #SeasonalCozies February/Valentines I‘ll be continuing on.

#WickedWords
#Letters
Word 4/5. Four words found in my #ReadOrDonate book.

Now I have the rest of the month to find “1940s”. 😳

#WickedWords
#Couple
Word 3/5. My #ReadOrDonate book scored me another #WickedWord 🤓 It would be great if all five were found in this book but I‘m not holding my breath that ‘1940s‘ has a place in this story.

#WickedWords
#Lake
Word 2/4 also found while reading my #ReadOrDonate book.

#WickedWords @AsYouWish
#Love

Word 1/5 found in my #ReadOrDonate book. It‘s also book 1 in the series. #SeriesLove2024

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

“There were books everywhere.”

And…? 🤓

Here are two books I‘ve had on my shelves for so long. It‘s time to #ReadOrDonate.
This was such a good idea, @julieclair 🤓

This was a low pick for me- I‘m not quite sure why though. I think it felt a little bogged down for a cozy. Also it felt like 2 stories simultaneously, when 1 in either direction was enough. Will hopefully be in mail Wed. #cbbc

I enjoyed this cozy mystery. Jane lives with her uncle and aunt in a resort and to increase the number of bookings and raise money for repairs to the property, she creates a Murder and Mayhem week. There will be prizes for those who solved the clues. But the activity turns in a real murder after a book was given as a prize by mistake since the book shouldn‘t be given away. Jane will discover many secrets around this book, about a society ⬇️

This was a reread for me. I really enjoyed it again. It is set in a resort that is known for its library. Unfortunately, it books are to die for literally, and Jane, the manager and newly appointed protector, is left trying to slove the case before another murder occurs or worse, the book that was stolen disappears permanently.
#Booked2023 #bookfeaturingthreegenerations @Cinfhen @alisiakae @BarbaraTheBibliophage

I don‘t know what‘s about this book, but I am a little over half way through and just couldn‘t get into it. I can see why others would love it … just doesn‘t feel like a good fit for me

#CBBC
@Mommamanzi @Pageturner1 @BethM @MommyOfTwo

A good cozy mystery with likable characters. I think the collection may be worth reading. Hope the others like it too.

#cbbc

@MommyOfTwo #CBBC

Ooooo thank you!!!( Didn‘t snap a pic of the coffee as my hubby wanted me to make me a cup asap) thanks for all the goodies :) starting book flat :)
@MommyOfTwo

#CBBC
@Mommamanzi

#OminousOctober

For yesterday‘s #treat prompt I‘m going to have to go with “REtreat.” I love Ellery Adam‘s Secret, Book & Scone Society series, but I have yet to start her Book Retreat Mysteries even though I have the first 3 books loaded on my Kindle. A book retreat sounds like a treat to me (hopefully without the murders!) 😉

#Scarathlon2022 #TeamMonsterMash

My final #bookspinbingo wrap up!
No bingo
No #bookspin
No #doublebookspin
Read a bunch but overall a bust for Oct! Haha oh well still fun!! 😆
@TheAromaofBooks

4/5⭐
This was such a fun book! It's like Agatha Christie in Stars Hollow with lots and lots of books.
I wish the bookish resort setting was a real place! I'd go in a heartbeat!
All the characters are so lovable.
I did guess the murderer but not the method or motive. But that reveal in the middle of the story was a big surprise. Didn't expect this cozy to take that turn! But I like it and can't wait to see how Jane's journey continues

Started this one over a delicious breakfast of pumpkin spice coffee and Greek yogurt topped with jumbo blueberries, grain free granola, and local honey this morning!
🫐🍯🌅 📖
Loving it so far!!

Utterly delightful

My first Ellery Adams is in the books. A cast of quirky characters, a fun plot, and the setting is a bibliophile‘s paradise. I look forward to inhaling the rest once the cozy season starts in the fall.

#nutsinmay #readathon finished this one today, and I‘m at about 12 hours I think. My goal is 15 hours of reading and I‘m totally gonna smash that! @Andrew65

When your previous read broke your heart and you need a palate cleanser....

Book 42/150. @Ellery_Adams

When your library haul comes in for the complete series!

#audiowalk #hoopla #litsywalkers #dashingdecember #readathon #ilovecozies

#audiowalk #hoopla #litsywalkers #dashingdecember #readathon

@Andrew65

Feels weird to say a book with “murder” in the title was fun, but it was! Central plot was interesting & bookish themed, so that‘s awesome. Writing was much better, less cheesy than other cozies I‘ve read, & I liked the MC, Jane, a lot. Some side chars were charming, some blended together. Didn‘t love how Octavia‘s weight was talked about. The family secret plot line was a bit wacky, but still fun, for sure. I‘d def live at Storyton Hall. 3/5 ⭐️

And if this ain‘t the best opening paragraph I‘ve read in a long time! 😍📚

Felt in the mood for another cozy mystery—and this one‘s bookish! 📚👌🏻 #nowreading

My second #CozyintheSun and #CYOReadathon book! It was a new to me cozy series and I am HOOKED. Jane runs a fabulous book lovers retreat resort that her Aunt and Uncle own. The place is in need of some financial income so Jane comes up with an idea for a special Mayhem and Murder themed week for Mystery lovers. Books, food, delightful friends, sweet family ties, and a surprising twist. Diving into the next, now!
@Librarybelle @ferskner @sace

The Starbucks line wraps all the way around the building and out to the road. But we have new library books (first time 4 year old wore his mask and he did so great! in and out in under 5 minutes too.) So we will wait and enjoy our books haha! Looking forward to starting this new cozy series for #CozyintheSun!

Go buy this! It‘s $5 off and it my favorite cozy series!

So I am at a wonderful reading retreat! And I am reading the first in the Book Retreat Mystery, very apropos...

The retreat has been phenomenal so far: fun and very personable hosts, gorgeous B&B, delicious food, comfy places to read, plenty of coffee and tea... what else can I say.

I love me some cozies!!! #preferredgenre #gratefulreads @OriginalCyn620 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Said at a meeting of “The Cover Girls,” the book club in this book. Isn‘t that a cute name for a book club?
At the last meeting of my book club, my friend said to me, “you always have a quote from the book to share” so I laughed out loud at this during yesterday‘s #morningcommute.

My #coffeebeanbookclub has made it home! Thanks to @Callemarie for another lovely box and HUGE thanks to @Mommamanzi as this has been one of my favorite, if not most favorite, Litsy experiences!

Book two down for #24in48. This was a great little cozy mystery that I would recommend for others.

I ended up passing out early last night and sleeping the whole night. But now I'm back to it #24in48 @24in48

Halfway done with my first full book of #24in48 and second book overall. This a great cozy murder mystery and I'm really enjoying it. I'm also moving into hour 11!!! @24in48

Next book up for #24in48 is my last #coffeebeanbookclub of the year 😢 @Mommamanzi please say we are going round 3? I dont want this to ever end. @24in48

And just like that I‘ve finished the reading challenge! Needless to say, I increased it 😂. The tagged book was the last one and it was fabulous! A cozy set in a book themed resort? With a secret society tasked to guard literature secrets and rarities? Sign me UP! I got a very Librarian-esque feeling from it, minus the magic.